Florian Exner is a German football referee born in Münster, Germany on 5 October 1990. He made his Bundesliga debut on 7 April 2024. Exner joined the Bundesliga group in 2024 after impressing in the second tier. He is part of the current Bundesliga officiating pool and is regularly relevant for pre-match analysis, appointment previews and VAR-focused discussion.
In the 2025/26 Bundesliga season, Exner has officiated 10 league matches, averaging 20.80 fouls, 0.60 penalties, 4.60 yellow cards and 0.10 red cards per game. Those numbers point to a assertive and quick to punish major incidents profile, with a noticeable tendency to award penalties. For The VAR Verdict, that statistical snapshot helps readers understand the disciplinary threshold and general tone he has shown this season.
Historical coverage is selective. We only show seasons and competitions where our sources provide enough verified referee data, so some older seasons may not be available.
FC Koln
1–1
SV Werder Bremen
1. FSV Mainz 05
1–3
Union Berlin
SV Werder Bremen
3–1
Hamburger SV
Eintracht Frankfurt
2–2
FC Koln
VfL Wolfsburg
1–2
Hamburger SV
1899 Hoffenheim
3–0
SC Freiburg
FC St. Pauli
1–1
RB Leipzig
FC Bayern München
1–2
FC Augsburg
FC Heidenheim
2–1
SC Freiburg
1. FSV Mainz 05
3–4
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
Borussia Mönchengladbach
4–6
Eintracht Frankfurt
Hamburger SV
2–1
FC Heidenheim
Historical coverage is selective. Only seasons with sufficient verified referee data are shown; some competitions and older seasons are intentionally unavailable when coverage is incomplete.
VAR event counts describe provider-coded incidents. They do not represent The VAR Verdict's editorial judgment on whether a decision was correct or incorrect.
